Get your raffle ticket HERE, register for the event HERE
Artists Talk, Choir performance, Raffle Draw with the chance of winning original artworks, charity fundraising event
Solidarity is a Verb fundraiser raffle
Faiz Abubakr, Hafifa Ahmed, Hamza Ashraf, Finn Dobson, Seanna Doonan, Omer Elnour, Saba Siddiqui have generously donated artworks for a fundraising exhibition in support of Medical Aid for Palestinians, Leeds Asylum Seekersโ Support Network and UN Crisis Relief Fund for Sudan.
How does it work
Donationa page: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/christmas-fundraiser-7
Every ยฃ5 donated will get you a raffle ticket (we assing this automatically on a spreadsheet). The more you donate the more are the chances to win an original artwork.
We wish winners to take away the artworks on the day after the raffle. IMPORTANT: ๐๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ง๐จ๐ง๐ฒ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ on justgiving, ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฌ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ง๐๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐๐ง ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐๐๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ง'๐ญ ๐ฆ๐๐ค๐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง๐ญ.. Donations to the platform are optional just click on 'Custom Donation' and put ยฃ0 if you do not want to add an extra donation.
People in the UK can donate and we will ship the work, we can't send the artworks outside of the country, so come visit us or ask a friend to bring it over :).
The Raffle Night
The ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ซ 6.30-10pm at the Hyde Park Book Club, 27-29 Headingley Lane, Leeds LS6 1BL England.
There will be a conversation with the curator Saba Siddiqui and some of the artists, poetry readings, a talk by LASSN, a performance by Commoners Choir and the number draw.
The big thanks
We wish to thank the participating artists for donating their work for the solidarity raffle and our network of collaborators:
Hyde Park Book Club
Hyde Park Stitch Club
Common Threads
Peepal Tree Press
Pluto Press
Sudan Art Archive
Leeds Palestinian Film Festival
Radical Reading Group
Commoners Choir
Leeds Asylum Seekers Network
Medical Aid for Palestinians
Sudan Humanitarian Fund (part of UN crisis relief)
Care 4 Calais Leeds
Leeds Refugee Forum